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Post by jill on Dec 23, 2012 13:05:24 GMT 1
Caspar has mud rash Just goes to show - he has very little white on his legs, but the mud is just SO bad, and Reg has some scabs too Never had a problem in all those years here, even though the land gets quite poached. Fortunately I have a paddock which has been rested since October, but how long that will remain relatively dry I have no idea, and if it isn't getting better by the time that gets poached it will have to be box rest, there is no other way to keep him dry. Will this wet weather ever end?? How about the rest of you?
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Post by janwilky on Dec 23, 2012 13:10:59 GMT 1
Sorry to hear that Jill, it's awful isn't it, hope Caspar's better soon. My boys are still at Amanda's but even so our clay field is dreadfully poached and saturated - I'd hate to think what it would be like if they were here. It's almost impossible to even walk across the field at the moment let alone push a wheelbarrow. That spring drought earlier in the year seems aeons ago - almost a mythical memory: can it REALLY have ever been so dry we were desperate for rain? Be careful what you wish for eh?
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Post by clipclop on Dec 23, 2012 14:35:08 GMT 1
I've been using equine America fungatrol cream - it's got a petroleum jelly base so although they still get muddy, it keeps it away from the skin.
My girl with massive scab issues through vasculitis is clearing up nicely even though she's still turned out. Flamazine didn't touch it.
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Post by Catrin on Dec 23, 2012 14:37:24 GMT 1
Freyr's mud used t mum used to get it, our old vet, now deceased, recommended Udder Cream, it worked well. editor's note I wrote this before going out for a meal, obviously a glass or two of bubbly and a bottle of red helps one spell properly. ;D
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Post by basilhorse on Dec 23, 2012 15:56:07 GMT 1
Sorry to hear this Jill. I hope he's better soon
I plastered cream on mine only yesterday. I'm hoping that will help as I don't suppose my fields will dry out now until April. It's a nightmare
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Post by jill on Dec 23, 2012 15:57:51 GMT 1
When Alfie had what turned out to be much more than normal MR last year, which seemed to feed off all the regular anti bacterial creams and get worse and worse, my vet said they would be too strong and destroying cells. So I am following his recommendation of bathing with water containing salt, and then just normal petroleum jelly as a barrier. I do have some dairy ointment but I'll use that as the barrier when the current infection has begun to heal. I was so hoping to have them all out 24/7 over Christmas, so that I can head off to family in good time That will only happen if the paddock dries up well between then and now otherwise it looks like an early start on Christmas day
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Post by BJMM on Dec 23, 2012 18:16:46 GMT 1
II have been worrying about Marygold, as she had REALLY bad mud fever in the summer and we are up to our necks in our valley in Kent. So far, fingers crossed - nothing!! I have been putting pig oil and sulphur on her legs periodically, but in order to do this I have to wash and dry her legs and I am reluctant to wash too often. I have never known it so wet!!
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2012 19:39:11 GMT 1
Well after Talin's cellulitis he's had MF in all four legs and I tried all sorts. The most recent and by far the best is Mud Stop spray. My vet asked me to try it as he's talked extensively with the makers of it and initial clinical trials although small are showing very positive results. It works totally differently to any other lotions and potions in that it reduces the biological availability of water. All MF bacteria need water to thrive so it kills them by drying them and the skin.
I've been using it for 5 days, Talin has been out in the mud every day and the scabs have literally fallen off by themselves and all his bald bits are now covered in pale pink healthy looking skin and he's not sore or itchy. Because of his leg swelling and the need to bandage I haven't actually been following the instructions properly - they say not to wash the legs but I'm not happy bandaging over mud so I have rinsed the mud off each night and it's still worked. I much prefer it to anything greasy or oily because it doesn't clag the hair or skin up and risk sealing in any moisture or bacteria already there and I can actually SEE what is going on without washing and poking.
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Post by jill on Dec 23, 2012 22:12:00 GMT 1
That's interesting Michelle - who makes it and where did you get it? I am concerned because up to the last year we have never had the bacteria here, but it appears to have been brought in somehow so I will need to be ready for it in future
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Post by lisap on Dec 24, 2012 0:16:54 GMT 1
We also have a horse with mud fever - and this is almost unheard of at our place. The horse has had a major course of antibiotics a couple of months back after a deep puncture wound, so her immune system is probably not 100%, however, for the first time in 20 years we've had to arrange to bring horses in to the stables on a rota for 24 hour 'drying out' as the fields are just so wet.
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Post by jennyb on Dec 24, 2012 10:29:07 GMT 1
Managing ok here so far but the new yard is on very sandy soil. Even we have large "lakes" on the fields, there is just nowhere for the water to go. The field that Gazdag is in is relatively dry though, I can poo pick in my short Ariats and only get mud about 1cm up the leather bits, so it's well clear of his skin. The dykes on the way to the yard are very full, the garden is squelchy but thank goodness we are not at risk of flooding. I feel dreadfully sorry for all those having to evacuate homes just before Christmas.
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Post by specialized on Dec 24, 2012 10:57:32 GMT 1
Our 2 youngsters presented with it a few weeks ago and we have started bringing them in at night as there is no chance of dry legs otherwise. We have used aqueous cream as a barrier and occasionally washed off with equimins antibacterial leg wash, almost all clear now. Talking to our recently-qualified vet there is so much differing opinion taught about treatment, she said there were 2 dermatologist lecturers who gave totally opposing treatment regimes. So if the experts can't agree what chance do we have?
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Post by cheekychops on Dec 24, 2012 11:42:05 GMT 1
Yep - we've got it. It's so hard living out year round as there is nowhere for them to escape it. Cheeko has very sore heels - no scabs but red skin and sensitive to touch. I'm using hibiscrub and sudocrem. It's hard with full feathers! Legs themselves are fine.
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Post by smudge99 on Dec 24, 2012 12:02:01 GMT 1
Jill, fingers all crossed Alfie still doesnt have any! The weather has been sooo bad I have been bringing him and Dennis in on the worst of the nights which he really appears to be enjoying, must be all the attention. I wash his legs and carefully dry them off so here is hoping it stays away.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 24, 2012 12:47:57 GMT 1
That's interesting Michelle - who makes it and where did you get it? I am concerned because up to the last year we have never had the bacteria here, but it appears to have been brought in somehow so I will need to be ready for it in future I actually got mine from my vet (free) as he wants some clients to trial it and report back but if you google Mud Stop it's available at quite a few places online. There's a spray or a cream, the spray is so you don't have to rub sore legs. I'm using the spray but will get cream next as Talin isn't sore any more and finds the spray tickly so I'm having to spray it on my hand then wipe it on his legs. In my reading about MF and Mud Stop I've read some research papers that show that although there is one bacteria often found in MF cases it isn't always present, so it isn't as simple as there being one MF bacteria. I think when the skin is wet/ scratched/ immune system compromised quite a few normal soil bacteria can colonise even if you don't have the normal culprit.
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